Set against the background of the Cold War, a passionate love story between two people of different origins and temperaments who are fatally mismatched, and yet fatefully condemned to be together. Taking place in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, Cold War presents an impossible love story in impossible times.
Pawel Pawlikowski began his career making documentaries for television. In 1998 he directed his first feature film for the cinema, The Stringer, followed by Last Resort (2000), for which he received the Best New Director BAFTA, My Summer of Love (2004), presented in the 14Plus section at the Berlin Festival, and La femme du Vème (The Woman in the Fifth, 2011). He achieved international renown with Ida (2013), winner of the Academy Award for Best Film in a Foreign Language, among many other accolades. Zimna Wojna landed the Best Director award at the last Cannes Festival.